io6 ELEMENTARY TREATISE; ON STOCK FEEDS AND FEEDING 



tainly not. One state requires a guarantee of protein and fat; 

 a sister state, the minimum per cent, of protein and fat, and adds 

 the maximum per cent, of crude fiber; another state will add to 

 this carbohydrates; another starch and sugar, and Michigan 

 adds nitrogen free extract. 



"So it seems that there is not even an attempt at uniformity in 

 the main feature of these laws. Some states require a license 

 tax (i.e. a stipulated amount per brand per year). One state 

 requires a license and a tonnage tax (i. c. a brand tax and a tax 

 on every ton or part of a ton sold in the state). Some states 

 exempt certain feeds from a license fee or tonnage tax ; others 

 do not. Some states require standard weight bags ; others do 

 not. Where standard weight bags are required, they differ in 

 different states (a 75 pound bag of feed can be sold in Tennessee, 

 but not in North Carolina). Some states require the ingredients 

 to be registered with the state authorities enforcing the law. 

 Some states have a standard analysis for different feeds; others 

 do not. The state of Mississippi, for example, requires that a 

 feed must contain at least 13.5 per cent, of crude fat and protein 

 together ; no feed carrying less than 3.5 per cent, fat can be sold ; 

 all ordinary feeds must not contain over 12 per cent, crude fiber 

 except when branded "Cow & Ox Feed," if such feeds contain 

 cotton seed or its by-products. Some states have a provision in 

 the law that where a feed is found misbranded or adulterated 

 it can be siezed, pending an investigation; other states have no 

 provision of this kind. There are a number of states that im- 

 pose a fine of from $200 to $500 on a manufacturer whose feed 

 fails to come up to the guarantee claimed for it, and fine him 

 $25 to $100 for adulterating." Some states prohibit the sale of 

 feeds containing oat hulls, rice hulls, peanut hulls, corn cobs, 

 and similar materials. Many states do not eliminate these sub- 

 stances. 



Uniform Feed Stuff Law. On account of the lack of uni- 

 formity of the several state feed stuff laws there has been a great 

 deal of agitation among those interested in feed stuff trade, and 

 a movement has been started to pass a standard feed stuff law. 

 The American Feed Manufacturers' Association and state con- 



